Modern approaches to the educational process aimed at improving the quality of highly qualified personnel training

The article deals with the issues of Open Education as a new element of the Russian educational system aimed at improving the quality of education and its availability. The aim of the study is to generalize the existing practices in the use of modern information and legal databases in the educational process. Modern forms and methods of interaction between educational establishments and employers, offering a wide range of functional capabilities are considered. Modern methods of teaching specific disciplines involving online courses by leading specialists contributing to the students' self-study of the most significant topics and assessment of the knowledge gained are reviewed. The article proves the positive effect of the methods under discussion on the quality of education and its availability. A summery review of the existing options and opportunities for cooperation between educational establishments and businesses as well as employers who are interested in targeted trained staff is given. The ways of cooperation between educational institutions and employers aimed at improving the quality of targeted trained highly qualified staff by arranging video-workshops, on-line courses and other elements of Open Education are analyzed. The article concludes on the significance of modern graduates' abilities to use information, reference and legal databases in the process of information search and its evaluation when performing professional tasks. The results of the study, based on specific examples and experience in involving businesses and their facilities for future professionals' training, contribute to the improvement of the quality of education and its availability, which in its turn help enhance competitiveness of graduates on the labor market.